Posted on 05/31/2006 9:27:24 AM PDT by lizol
Russian missiles on Polish border
31.05.2006
Several Russian anti ballistic missiles have been placed on the Belarus-Polish border.
Report by Agnieszka Bielawska
The arrival of the missiles to the 115 air defense brigade have made this unit twice as powerful as it was before. The nearness of the missiles to the Polish border has given rise for concern since Poland’s troublesome eastern neighbour, Belarus, has received a very modern and powerful defense tool.
Piotr Zochowski from the East European Studies center in Warsaw says the move was expected.
In line with the declaration last year made by the Russian defence ministry on modernization of the Belrus armed forces the deployment of the missiles completes the arrangement. The issue which in Poland can be speculated on is whether this country is in possession of equally modern equipment.
And according to reports Poland has no such powerful anti ballistic missiles. Thus the deployment of the S-300 on the Polish Belarus border is a challenge to Poland, says military expert Wojciech Luczak.
The range of the missiles reaches far beyond the Polish capital and they are good enough to destroy almost everything flying over Poland. In declarations the Belarus armed forces officials say that it is purely a defense system but in case of any crisis it can destroy the AWAX planes flying over Poland as part of the NATO air defense system.
Polish-Belarus relations have been chilly ever since the Belarus authorities accused this country of interfering into the internal affairs of Belarus and supporting the democratic opposition in that country. Additionally Poland’s EU and NATO membership have not been to the liking of Moscow. This recent appearance of the S-300 on the Belarus Polish border is a signal of the importance Russia and Belarus pay to the pact of joint air defense system says Piotr Zochowski.
In a truly propaganda manner Belarus and Russia have underlined the significance of the pact and related it to the alleged increase of security threats coming from Poland, due to this country’s acceptance of the offer for the F-16 fighters and the possible deployment of the US anti missile defense system so called Son of Star wars on Polish territory and the territories of other Central European states.
Wojciech Luczak compares the situation to the times when Cyprus and Greece planned to deploy anti ballistic missiles close to the Turkish border but underlines that the presence of the Russian S-300 close to the Polish border is not a threat rather a tough nut to crack for the Polish authorities.
I think it is a part of Moscow’s game with Poland using the Belarus assets and geographical position. It is not a threat to Poland but a challenge to Polish decision makers especially defense minister Radoslaw Sikorski. I think they are trying to put minister Sikorski in an awkward position.
The deployment of the S-300 wound up the deal on a joint Belarus Russian air defense system, and this year another deal is to be signed allowing free movement of planes between both states without any additional agreements or political decisions.
Hardly, you claim to be Catholic but support abortionists. You're don't worship Christ, you worship Poland.
That's why Putin is giving scads of cash to folks who have children. You really should learn to read.
BTW I post NUMEROUS religious articles. How many Catholic articles do you post?
But sure you're really religiousl; you worship Poland, and revel in Poland's helping promote infanticide.
Wouldn't it be better to launch it immediately (with pleasure, of course) and to get rid of all those problems with Poland at once and forever?==
It would be asymetrical countermeasure dedicated to prove to Poland that try to undermine someone else security will return back. So no launch until Poland did something drastic:).
You could always explain, that such a move was fully justified because Poles named a roundabout in Warsaw after Dzohar Dudayev.==
For this, Moscow major proposed to rename the street on which polish embassy resides by name of general Muraviev:). Again it would be countermeasure dedicated to prove to poles that it is wrong to do offensive things to someone else. It will return back.
Excellent point. Iran would not be the dangerous threat it became without Moscow's ever willing assistance.
I wonder how many of Putin's neo-Soviet Russian 'advisor's' are stationed in Iran making sure the Tehran dictatorship has the most up to date anti-aircraft installations for the coming showdown? KGB Putin knows.
for your information
Is Putin planning to invade Poland as his hero Stalin did in 1939?
So the Russian bear begins to come out of hybernation. As with Ireland's youth leaving for "The New World", much of Russian youth has taken off for better horizons.
Those left at home are longing for the good old days of nationalism and communism.
Nostalgic for the old Cold War days, eh?
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